JP4254433B2 - Air blower mounting structure - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a mounting structure for an air blowing device mounted on a center console of a vehicle such as an automobile.

An air blowing device of an air conditioner equipped in a vehicle such as an automobile accommodates an air outlet housing having a wind direction adjusting mechanism inside an opening formed in, for example, an instrument panel. (See Patent Document 1 below)
When providing an air blowing device at the opening of the instrument panel, it is usual to provide an edge member called a bezel between the peripheral edge of the blowing outlet of the air outlet housing and the opening edge of the instrument panel. The bezel is configured separately from the air outlet housing and the instrument panel, and is inserted into the opening of the instrument panel from the room side while being attached to the end of the air outlet housing.

An example of using the bezel is shown in FIG. In this conventional example, the bezel 3 is attached to the entire circumference of the outlets 1 and 2. The bezel 3 is provided between the entire circumference of the outlets 1 and 2 and the opening 5 of the center console 4. A wind direction adjusting plate 6 is provided at each of the outlets 1 and 2. A hazard switch 7 may be disposed between the outlets 1 and 2.
Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 6-13911

  In the case where the bezel 3 is provided in the opening 5 of the center console 4 as in the conventional example, each component is provided between the bezel 3 and the outlets 1 and 2 and between the bezel 3 and the center console 4. Since there is a dividing line between them, it is disadvantageous when it is desired to reduce the dividing line for design reasons.

  In addition, the provision of the bezel 3 is disadvantageous in increasing the air volume because the effective opening dimensions A and B of the outlets 1 and 2 with respect to the center console 4 are reduced. Moreover, since the entire circumference of the hazard switch 7 is surrounded by the bezel 3, the external dimensions of the hazard switch 7 are limited, which is disadvantageous when it is desired to arrange a larger hazard switch 7.

  Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide an air blowing device mounting structure in which a blowout port can be arranged in an opening of a center console without using a bezel.

An air blowing device according to the present invention includes a center console configured separately from an instrument panel and assembled to the instrument panel, an air outlet housing connected to an air duct, and a wind direction provided at an outlet portion of the air outlet housing. An air blowing device having an adjustment mechanism; and a switch unit provided in the air blowing device, wherein the center console includes a housing portion into which the air blowing device is inserted from the back side of the center console, and the air blowing. An opening in which the outlet of the apparatus is disposed, and the opening has an opening edge that can cover an end of the outlet side of the air outlet housing from the indoor side, and the back surface of the center console The end of the air outlet housing inserted from the side is connected to the center console. In the mounting structure of the air blowing device for fixing the air blowing device covered state by the opening edge portion on the center console, the air outlet housing has a mutually independent pair of right and left housing portions, each housing part A switch housing recess is formed between adjacent walls, the switch unit is inserted into the switch housing recess, a switch body of the switch unit is fixed to the walls adjacent to each other of the pair of housing parts, and An operation element of the switch unit is disposed between the pair of walls and exposed to the inside of the vehicle interior, and each operation part covers an inner side portion of each end of the pair of housing parts.

  According to the present invention, since the air outlet of the air outlet device can be arranged in the opening of the center console without using the bezel, it is possible to reduce the dividing line between the components around the air outlet. In addition, the effective opening size of the outlet can be increased as compared with the case where a bezel is used, which is advantageous in ensuring air volume.

  In this invention, when a switch housing recess is formed between adjacent walls of the pair of left and right housing portions, and a switch unit such as a hazard switch is disposed in the switch housing recess, compared to the case where a bezel is used, A larger switch unit can be arranged.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 5.
As shown in FIG. 1, a center console 11 is provided on an instrument panel 10 of an automobile. The center console 11 is configured separately from the instrument panel 10.

  An example of the center console 11 includes a pair of left and right side walls 12 and 13 integrally formed of synthetic resin, a display hood 15 located on the upper side, a center panel 16 located on the lower side from the center, and the like.

  As shown in FIG. 2, a console attachment portion 20 is formed at a predetermined position of the instrument panel 10, and the center console 11 is attached to the console attachment portion 20. A mounting seat 21 (only a part of which is shown) in which a mounting hole 21a is formed is provided below the console mounting portion 20.

  The center console 11 is formed with a locking portion 22 (only part of which is shown in FIG. 1) at a position corresponding to the mounting seat 21. The center console 11 is fixed to the console mounting portion 20 of the instrument panel 10 by a fixing member 23 (only a part of which is shown) such as a screw member or a clip.

  An accommodating portion 31 that accommodates the air blowing device 30 is formed at an intermediate portion in the vertical direction of the center console 11. On the front side of the center console 11, an opening 35 in which the air outlets 32 and 33 of the air outlet device 30 are disposed is formed.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the air blowing device 30 is assembled from the back side of the opening 35 of the center console 11. The air blowing device 30 includes an air outlet housing 41 connected to an air duct 40 (a part of which is shown in FIG. 3).

  An example of the air outlet housing 41 includes a pair of left and right housing portions 42 and 43 that are independent from each other. A seal member 44 for preventing air leakage is attached to the rear end portions of the housing portions 42 and 43, that is, the connection portion with the air duct 40.

  A mounting portion 50 is provided in the vicinity of the front end portion of the air outlet housing 41. These mounting portions 50 are fixed to a support portion 51 (a part of which is shown in FIG. 3) formed on the back side of the center console 11 by a fixing member (not shown) such as a screw member or a clip.

  A wind direction adjusting mechanism 60 is provided at the outlet of each of the housing portions 42 and 43 of the air outlet housing 41. The air direction adjusting mechanism 60 includes a first air direction adjusting plate 61 extending in the horizontal direction, a second air direction adjusting plate 62 (shown in FIG. 5) extending in the vertical direction, an operation unit 63, and the like. The first wind direction adjusting plate 61 can be changed in the vertical direction, and the second wind direction adjusting plate 62 can be changed in the left and right direction.

  The air blowing device 30 is inserted into the accommodating portion 31 from the back side of the center console 11, that is, from the direction indicated by the arrow C in FIG. As shown in FIG. 4, a pair of left and right outlets 32 and 33 are disposed in the opening 35 of the center console 11.

  The opening 35 of the center console 11 has an opening edge 71 that can cover the end portion 70 on the outlet side of the air outlet housing 41 from the vehicle interior side. More specifically, out of the entire circumference of the end portion 70 on the outlet side of the air outlet housing 41, both side portions 70a are covered with the front edge portions 12a and 13a of the side wall portions 12 and 13 of the center console 11, and the upper portion 70b is covered with the display hood. 15 is covered by the lower edge portion 15a, and the lower portion 70c is covered by the upper edge portion 16a of the center panel 16.

  As described above, the outlet 70 on the outlet side of the air outlet housing 41 inserted from the back side of the center console 11 is covered with the opening edge 71 of the center console 11, and the air outlet housing 41 is in the center console 11. Fixed to.

  As shown in FIG. 5, a switch housing recess 80 is formed between the adjacent walls 42 a and 43 a of the pair of left and right housing portions 42 and 43 constituting the air outlet housing 41.

  A switch body 82 of a hazard switch 81, which is an example of a switch unit, is inserted into the switch housing recess 80, and the switch body 82 is fixed to the air outlet housing 41 by a locking portion (not shown). The operation element 83 of the hazard switch 81 is exposed to the vehicle interior side between the outlets 32 and 33. As shown in FIG. 5, the inner portion 70 d of the end portion 70 of the air outlet housing 41 is covered by the operator 83 of the hazard switch 81.

  After the air blowing device 30 configured as described above is assembled from the back side of the center console 11, the center console 11 is fixed to the console mounting portion 20 of the instrument panel 10 by a fixing member 23 or the like.

  According to the present embodiment, the air outlets 32 and 33 of the air outlet device 30 can be disposed in the opening 35 of the center console 11 without using a bezel as shown in FIG. For this reason, compared with the case where a bezel is used, the effective opening dimensions A and B (shown in FIG. 4) of the outlets 32 and 33 can be made larger, which is advantageous in securing the air volume.

  In addition, since the present embodiment does not use a bezel, the external dimensions of the hazard switch 81 can be increased, and the visibility and operability of the hazard switch 81 can be improved. Moreover, the dividing lines between the parts around the outlets 32 and 33 are reduced, which is advantageous when it is desired to reduce the dividing lines.

The center console provided with the air blowing apparatus which shows one Embodiment of this invention, and a perspective view of a part of instrument panel. The perspective view of the console attachment part of the instrument panel shown by FIG. The disassembled perspective view of the center console and air blowing apparatus which were shown by FIG. The front view of a part of center console shown in FIG. 1, and an air blowing apparatus. Sectional drawing which follows the VV line | wire in FIG. Sectional drawing which shows the conventional air blowing apparatus.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Instrument panel 11 ... Center console 30 ... Air blowing apparatus 31 ... Accommodating part 35 ... Opening part 40 ... Air duct 41 ... Air outlet housing 60 ... Wind direction adjusting mechanism 70 ... End part on the exit side 71 ... Opening edge part 80 ... Switch Housing recess 81 ... Hazard switch (switch unit)

Claims (1)

A center console configured separately from the instrument panel and assembled to the instrument panel;
An air outlet housing connected to an air duct, and an air blowing device having a wind direction adjusting mechanism provided at an outlet portion of the air outlet housing ;
A switch unit provided in the air blowing device ,
The center console is
An accommodating portion for inserting the air blowing device from the back side of the center console;
An opening in which the outlet of the air blowing device is disposed;
The opening is
An opening edge that can cover the outlet side end of the air outlet housing from the indoor side;
In an air blowing device mounting structure for fixing the air blowing device to the center console in a state where the end portion of the air outlet housing inserted from the back side of the center console is covered by the opening edge of the center console . ,
The air outlet housing has a pair of left and right housing parts that are independent from each other, and a switch housing recess is formed between adjacent walls of each housing part,
The switch unit is inserted into the switch housing recess, the switch body of the switch unit is fixed to the adjacent walls of the pair of housing parts, and
The switch unit is disposed between the pair of walls and is exposed to the inside of the vehicle interior, and the inner surface of each of the end portions of the pair of housing portions is covered by the operation unit. Mounting structure of the blowout device.

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